Ex-TV pundit who claimed CIA past pleads guilty to fraud

A former TV news analyst who falsely claimed to have been a “deep cover” agent for the CIA pleaded guilty Friday to a series of fraud charges, officials said. Wayne Simmons, 62, had been a Fox News commentator on the basis of his claim that he spent 27 years working for the Central Intelligence Agency. As part of a plea agreement filed in federal court in Virginia, Simmons admitted he defrauded the government to gain access to a US Army training program in 2008 and to be deployed to Afghanistan as a senior intelligence advisor, the Justice Department said in a statement.